Front Cover; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Heterogeneous Catalysis -- Chemistry in Two Dimensions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Historical Background to Catalysis; Chapter 2 -- Surfaces and Adsorption; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Clean Surfaces; 2.3 Langmuir's Work on Adsorption; 2.4 The Langmuir Isotherm55In this chapter, references are not provided to the original literature in relation to m ... ; 2.5 The Chemisorption of Hydrogen; 2.6 The Chemisorption of More Complex Molecules; 2.7 Non-homogeneous Surfaces; 2.8 Non-equilibrium Adsorption; 2.9 The Process of Adsorption.

2.10 Some Generalizations on Chemisorption2.11 Physical Adsorption99Physical adsorption is often discussed in detail in textbooks on heterogeneous catalysis ... ; 2.12 Behaviour of Physical Adsorption Isotherms at Values of P/Po = 0.3; Chapter 3 -- How Does a Catalyst Work?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Catalytic Process; 3.3 The Catalyst and the Catalytic Site; 3.4 Catalysis by Metals; 3.5 Oxides; 3.6 Sulfides; 3.7 Conclusions; Chapter 4 -- Catalyst Preparation; 4.1 Importance of Active Surface Area and of Catalyst Structure; 4.2 Catalyst Preparation; 4.3 Catalyst Supports; 4.4 Supported Catalysts.

4.5 Catalyst CharacterizationChapter 5 -- Catalytic Reactors and the Measurement of Catalytic Kinetics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Static Reactors; 5.3 Stirred and Recirculation Reactors; 5.4 Flow Reactors; 5.5 Fluidized Bed Reactors; 5.6 Pulse Reactors; 5.7 The TAP Reactor; 5.8 SSITKA; 5.9 "In Situ/Operando" Methods; 5.10 Microreactor Methods; 5.11 Conclusions; Chapter 6 -- The Kinetics and Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Unimolecular Reaction of Reactant A to Give Products; 6.3 Bimolecular Reactions -- Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics.

6.4 Bimolecular Reactions -- Eley-Rideal Kinetics6.5 The Mars-Van Krevelen Mechanism; 6.6 Practical Examples of Mechanistic Kinetic Expressions; Chapter 7 -- Large-Scale Catalytic Reactors; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Catalyst Geometries; 7.3 The Importance of Mass Transfer in Catalysis2; 7.4 Heat Transfer in Catalysis; Chapter 8 -- Some Catalytic Reactions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Catalysis in the Conversion of Natural Gas; 8.3 Catalysis in the Conversion of Crude Oil; 8.4 Petrochemicals and Industrial Organic Chemistry; 8.5 Environmental Catalysis; 8.6 Catalysis in Biomass Conversion; 8.7 Conclusions.